Alize Cornet stuns Simona Halep 6-4 3-6 6-4 in the 4th round in Melbourne on Monday. Cornet will engage against Danielle Rose Collins in the quarter. The match lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 4th round in 2009. Here you can see her history at this event.
The French player added to her prize money $ 300,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 600,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the French player will add $ 500,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,100,000 in total.
Highlights Alize Cornet vs. Simona Halep Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
The French player won this match even if she won less points than Simona (88 vs. 93).
Cornet
Alize was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (6/12).
Halep
On the other side, Simona was effective at converting 55% of the break points that she conquered points (6/11). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Cornet and Halep is 4-1 for Alize.
Draw and next match H2H: Alize Cornet vs. Danielle Rose Collins – stats
Cornet will play Rose Collins in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Alize Cornet and Danielle Rose Collins since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Alize won the set after she broke the Romanian 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Romanian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Nonetheless, Cornet didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 6-4.
The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.
The French player converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Romanian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 0-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 62 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Cornet won just 2 more points than the Romanian (32-30). The French player lost 16 points on serve (17-16
). on the other side of the net, Simona conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).Rose Collins had a favorable start in this set after breaking Simona Halep in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Romanian to win the set since Cornet found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game. The Romanian kept her focus to break Cornet in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Alize was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-3 to 6-3.
The Romanian was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (1-3 40-A), the 6th (3-3 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). In addition on the other side, Alize was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 53 points. Simona was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than the French player (33-20). Simona conceded 11 points on serve (13-11). In addition, on the other side, Alize conceded 20 points on serve (9-20).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the French player conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The French player converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Simona wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They played 66 points. Alize was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Halep (36-30). The French player dropped 10 points on serve (22-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Simona conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).
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